Essay On Native American Boarding Schools

During the 1900’s, the United States tried to force assimilation of the Native Americans into American society. Native American children were sent to boarding school to gain an education and civilize them based on white American standards. When they were sent to off-reservation schools boys were taught agricultural procedures and manual arts, while the girls were taught domestic skills. Native American tribes all around the United States were conflicted on whether they should send their children or not to off-reservation schools due to them losing their culture and way of life by Native American standards. The Carlisle Indian Schools were designed to teach children to be civilized based on white American standards. I predict we will learn about the hardships the Native Americans encountered daily in the boarding schools. They all came from unique Indian cultures and are encouraged to find ways to forget about who they are and what they know in order to fit into the white American standards. Some of the new values they are learning will oppose some of the old values leading to conflicts along the way. I believe we will get a firsthand view on what they encountered during the process of assimilation. I predict in the end the girls will find a way preserve their old values as well as accept the new values and
They were forced to conform by cutting their hair, changing clothes, and civilizing them. It is very sad hearing firsthand what Native Americans went though. They were beat, taken advantage of, trapped in the environment, and stripped of their values. Native Americans also died at a high rate at the schools than on their reservations due to them being treated horribly and cared for badly. I cannot believe white Americans were allowed to treat other people like this just because they came from a different background and had a different skin